Vermont · home health aide (HHA)
How to become a home health aide in Vermont: the routes that qualify you, who regulates home health agencies in Vermont, pay, free training options, and all 33 state-approved CNA programs, since a CNA certification also qualifies you as a home health aide.
Your route
Home health agencies in Vermont are licensed by the Vermont Division of Licensing and Protection. Medicare and Medicaid agencies must use aides who completed one of the federally approved routes. These are the two most common.
Fastest route
CNA
Agency route
75 hrs
Why we list CNA programs: under federal rules, a state-approved CNA program plus good standing on the Vermont nurse aide registry qualifies you as a home health aide. It’s the route that opens the most doors. See our Vermont CNA guide.
The steps
The general path for most new aides.
Keep your hours up. Federal rules require at least 12 hours of in-service training a year, and if you go 24 months in a row without paid aide work, you must retrain.
Home health aide vs. CNA
The two jobs overlap, but the settings and pay differ.
| Home health aide | CNA | |
|---|---|---|
| Where you work | Clients’ homes, through home health and hospice agencies | Nursing homes and hospitals |
| Training | 75 hours federal minimum, or a CNA certification | State-approved CNA program |
| Official record | Your agency’s training and competency records | The Vermont nurse aide registry |
| Median pay (VT) | $20.00 an hour* | $22.66 an hour |
*Federal pay data groups home health aides with personal care aides. About 7,700 of them work in Vermont.
Help paying
Ways to cover the cost of training.
Many home health agencies train aides they hire, and nursing homes that hire you can’t charge you for CNA training under federal rules.
Directory
All 33 programs from our Vermont CNA guide. Finishing one, passing the exam, and staying in good standing on the state registry also qualifies you as a home health aide for Medicare and Medicaid agencies.
| Program | City | County | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood Terrace | Burlington | Chittenden | (802) 863-6384 |
| Burlington Technical Center (Adult, Evenings & Weekends) | Burlington | Chittenden | (802) 864-8426 |
| Cedar Hill | Windsor | Windsor | (802) 674-6609 |
| Center for Technology, Essex (SkillTech Adult Evenings) | Essex Junction | Chittenden | (802) 878-5559 |
| Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice | Barre | Washington | (802) 233-1878 |
| Cold Hollow Career Center (Adult) | Enosburg Falls | Franklin | (802) 933-4003 |
| Copley Health Systems | Morrisville | Lamoille | (802) 888-8152 |
| Franklin County Rehab | St. Albans | Franklin | (802) 752-1600 |
| Genesis Eldercare / Mountain View Center | Rutland | Rutland | (802) 775-0007 |
| Green Mountain Technology & Career Center (Adult) | Hyde Park | Lamoille | (802) 371-7409 |
| Helen Porter Rehabilitation & Nursing | Middlebury | Addison | (802) 388-4001 |
| Lyndon Institute Technical Education (Adult) | Lyndon Center | Caledonia | (802) 626-6152 |
| Maple Lane and Retirement Homes | Barton | Orleans | (802) 754-8575 |
| Margaret Pratt | Brandon | Rutland | (802) 222-5554 |
| North Country Career Center (Adult) | Newport | Orleans | (802) 334-5469 |
| Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center (Adult) | Middlebury | Addison | (802) 382-1042 |
| Pine Heights | Brattleboro | Windham | (802) 257-0307 |
| Randolph Technical Career Center (Adult) | Randolph | Orange | (802) 728-9595 |
| River Valley Technical Center (Adult) | Springfield | Windsor | (802) 885-8300 |
| Rutland Health and Rehab Center | Rutland | Rutland | (802) 775-2941 |
| Rutland Regional Medical Center | Rutland | Rutland | (802) 747-3774 |
| Southwest Vermont Career Development Center | Bennington | Bennington | (802) 447-3596 |
| St. Johnsbury Academy Adult Education | St. Johnsbury | Caledonia | (802) 748-7738 |
| Stafford Technical Center (Adult) | Rutland | Rutland | (802) 770-1033 |
| The Meadows | Rutland | Rutland | (802) 775-3300 |
| The Pines at Rutland | Rutland | Rutland | (802) 775-2331 |
| The Pines Rehabilitation and Health | Lyndonville | Caledonia | (802) 626-3361 |
| University of Vermont Medical Center | Burlington | Chittenden | (802) 847-0195 |
| Vermont Med Ed at Cathedral Square | Burlington | Chittenden | (802) 349-8635 |
| Vermont Med Ed at Helen Porter | Middlebury | Addison | (802) 349-8635 |
| Vermont Med Ed at The Residence at Shelburne Bay | Shelburne | Chittenden | (802) 349-8635 |
| Vermont Med Ed at Wake Robin | Shelburne | Chittenden | (802) 349-8635 |
| Vermont Veterans' Home | Bennington | Bennington | (802) 442-6353 |
Tip: ask each program whether it also offers a home health aide add-on. For details, costs, and exam steps, see our Vermont CNA guide.
FAQ
Short answers to what people ask most.
Home health aides in Vermont work for home health agencies licensed by the Vermont Division of Licensing and Protection. Medicare and Medicaid agencies must hire aides who meet the federal training and competency rules. Ask the agency you're applying to which credential it requires.
The two most common routes are completing a 75-hour home health aide training and competency evaluation, or becoming a CNA. Federal rules count a CNA in good standing on the Vermont nurse aide registry as a qualified home health aide.
The median pay for home health and personal care aides in Vermont is $20.00 an hour, about $41,600 a year, based on the May 2025 federal wage survey. Vermont CNAs earn a median $22.66 an hour.
Yes, for Medicare and Medicaid home health agencies, if the CNA completed a state-approved program and is listed in good standing on the state nurse aide registry.
Yes. Federal rules require at least 12 hours of in-service training every 12 months for aides at Medicare and Medicaid agencies.